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Safety Gate: the EU rapid alert system for dangerous non-food products
- jeroenhd 3y agoI didn't know the EU had a centralised platform for recalls like this. It's quite interesting to see toxic perfume bottles listed right next to cars (https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10010336 https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/ale...). That's a lot of recall variety for one single platform!
- Tomte 3y agoIs this a new frontend to Rapex? Did they rename Rapex? Because consumer safety warnings (often toys with swallowing/strangulating hazards) have been available on some EU web site for years (decades, probably).
- Deukhoofd 3y agoYeah they changed the name in 2019 (DECISION (EU) 2019/417), but it has existed since 2001. The name change was "For external communication reasons", probably due to it being read as "rape-x"
- qwerty456127 3y ago[flagged]
- jeltz 3y agoThe headline says "non-food products", so no, that would be stupid. If it is indeed dangerous then it should be regulated as dangerous foods which is something EFSA handles.
- qwerty456127 3y agoPeople mistakenly consider that food and some corporations support this misconception to exploit it for profit. Some people mistakenly consider silicagel food as well (there would be no need to write "do not eat" on it if nobody did) but this doesn't mean it actually is food. Some even say cocaine is a vitamin. There are many substances which occur in our bodies naturally and play important roles in its functioning but are not foods. For example thyroxine is not a food as well, although our bodies produce and use it in some amounts for vital purposes. Same way sugar.
- fabian2k 3y agoSugar is clearly food, it is easily metabolized and used for energy by our body. Sure it's not healthy in excess, but it is without a doubt food.
- qwerty456127 3y agoWhat about erythritol? Is it food? It is not metabolized and not used for anything in our body.
- pjc50 3y agoSugar is entirely edible. Perhaps a little too edible. It's also an EU cash crop.
- _flux 3y agoTaking a word and trying to make it mean something else, such as "sugar is an inedible product", never sits really well with the recipients of the message—in particular when it is then circularly then used "well you can't eat sugar, it's inedible", which no doubt is the point here. Meanings of words should be used to increase understanding between parties, not decrease understanding between them or push agendas, however well-meaning those agendas might be.
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- codeulike 3y agoomg the baby self feeding pillows edit: loads of them https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/alertDetail/10010232?lang=en https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/webReport/ale... I suppose they have had to really scale up the testing/alert system in the last decade or so due to influx of millions of new products
- fodmap 3y agoomg indeed. Are those pillow 'handles' suppose to work as handcuffs?
- GordonS 3y agoHoly shit, how the hell did this ever become a product?! Absolute insanity.
- TeMPOraL 3y agoAny parent probably invented the equivalent of one within the first six months of their kid being born - but I guess this is one of those things that are bloody obvious and desired, but not supposed to ever become products, like pacifiers on an elastic band.
- entropyie 3y agoEm, no. Never had anything like this, don't know any other parents who did either.
- GordonS 3y ago> Any parent probably invented the equivalent of one within the first six months of their kid being born What?! No! (and yes, I'm a parent) I don't detect any sarcasm in your post, but this is such an obviously dangerous idea that surely you can't possibly be serious?
- TeMPOraL 3y agoI wasn't clear enough: I meant invented only, conceptually, not actually deployed. My wife and I joked many times this should be a thing, but we would never have actually bought one, because it's clearly insane.
- rainbowzootsuit 3y agoI read the name and was looking for where the corruption scandal was, but instead it is a consumer protection site.
- RetroTechie 3y agoFound in a thrift store recently: An AC cord, 3-pin (earthed) plugs on both ends, with 2-conductor wiring in between. Spotted 'cause cable was damaged. Even the cable itself carried markings like "3x 0.75mm^2" despite having 2 conductors in it. This was a one-piece cable (with 'non-replaceable' plugs), so came like that out of the factory. Covered in all the usual certification / safety markings. Yes... Chinese made. And certainly not a mistake but intentional deception + cost cutting. I know, many Chinese manufacturers just don't care, and will produce whatever [someone] tells them to produce. But BOY, how much I would have loved to have a word with manufacturer person in charge of that production run, and question their ethics. And maybe beat 'em up or something. "You don't care about (potentially) life-or-death safety of random person using YOUR cord? If found by someone with authority, ENTIRE batch of such cords will be recalled, with you or your customer footing the bill, and you don't care about that either?" I really have a hard time grasping the level of negligence displayed there. And "sorry I had no idea" doesn't apply - you're an AC cable manufacturer, for f%#! sake. Sadly it's 100% certain such deadly-accident-waiting-to-happen products are commonplace out there. I've got more examples from personal experience alone.
- lultimouomo 3y ago> An AC cord, 3-pin (earthed) plugs on both ends You mean it had PLUGS on both end? That's not a cable, that's a murder attempt!
- mikestew 3y agoPlugs? Sure, with one end female and one end male. I assume you’re thinking of male on both ends (which, yes, should not be sold), but that’s not necessarily the case.
- snypher 3y agoA female plug is referred to as a socket; any other case is just using the wrong terms.
- RetroTechie 3y ago